The Tale of the Tape

by Billy Squier

Overview

Billy Squier knows his music is all right. He knows because he's got razor sharp hooks, air-tight choruses, and the "Big Beat." Though his former band, Piper, wasn't the next Kiss (both were managed by Bill Aucoin), Squier plays with the big boys right out of the gate on his first solo: Tale of the Tape deftly welds heavy licks to hard funk on a level with world-dominators Queen. Both beatboxes and muscle cars blasted "You Should Be High, Love" and "Big Beat." But the artist's gentle melodic touch always surprises. Underneath the suburban-Zep-sludge pops Raspberries bubblegum. Squier doesn't fake sympathy for the working class; he wants to be rich and he wants young girls. On Tale of the Tape and its near-perfect follow-up, Don't Say No, he knows what he wants and he knows how to get it. [The U.K. edition on Rock Candy adds bonus tracks.] ~ Doug Stone

Product Details

Release Date:	02/21/2006
Label:	Rock Candy
UPC:	5051068000827

Tracks

1. Big Beat
3. Calley Oh
6. Rich Kid
8. Like I'm Lovin' You
10. Who Knows What a Love Can Do
11. You Should Be High, Love
13. Who's Your Boyfriend
15. Music's All Right
17. Young Girls
19. Music's All Right
21. Young Girls